Welcome to Creative Cloud! To get started, simply download your first app from the Adobe website. The Adobe Creative Cloud desktop app—which you’ll use to manage future downloads—is installed at the same time.

Download your first app

Click Download to install the app you want. Your app begins to download.

Double-click the downloaded file to launch the installer. The name of the downloaded file is <product name> _Installer.dmg on Mac or <productname>_Set-Up.exe on Windows. For example, if you have downloaded Illustrator, the name of the file is (Mac) illustrator_installer.dmg or (Win) illustrator_set-up.exe.

Double-click the app icon to install the application.

Sign in with your Adobe ID. Click Sign Up to create an Adobe ID, if you do not have an existing one.

Fill in the small survey that comes up on your screen and click Continue.

Click Start Installing to install your app.

The installation of your app starts. You can see the estimated time left for the installation to complete.

Congratulations! Your app is installed and launches automatically.

Download more apps

Once you’ve downloaded your first app, you can use the Creative Cloud desktop app to easily browse, install, launch, and manage any Creative Cloud app or service.

Click the Creative Cloud icon, located in the taskbar (Windows) or Apple menu bar (Mac OS), to open the Creative Cloud desktop app. If it’s not already selected, click the Apps tab.

In the Find Additional Apps section, scroll to find the app you want to install. To filter the app list, click Filters & Versions.

Click Install. Your app begins to download. Check your download progress in the status bar next to the app’s name.

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